School of Behavioral Sciences and Education, Penn State Harrisburg, Middletown, PA 17057, USA.
Am J Community Psychol. 2012 Jun;49(3-4):347-63. doi: 10.1007/s10464-011-9462-x.
The current study examined the influence of legal status and cultural variables (i.e., acculturation, gender role ideology and religious coping) on the formal and informal help-seeking efforts of Latino women who experienced interpersonal victimization. The sample was drawn from the Sexual Assault Among Latinas (SALAS) Study that surveyed 2,000 self-identified adult Latino women. The random digit dial methodology employed in high-density Latino neighborhoods resulted in a cooperation rate of 53.7%. Women who experienced lifetime victimization (n = 714) reported help-seeking efforts in response to their most distressful victimization event that occurred in the US. Approximately one-third of the women reported formal help-seeking and about 70% of women reported informal help-seeking. Help-seeking responses were generally not predicted by the cultural factors measured, with some exceptions. Anglo orientation and negative religious coping increased the likelihood of formal help-seeking. Positive religious coping, masculine gender role and Anglo acculturation increased the likelihood of specific forms of informal help-seeking. Latino orientation decreased the likelihood of talking to a sibling. Overall, these findings reinforce the importance of bilingual culturally competent services as cultural factors shape the ways in which women respond to victimization either formally or within their social networks.
本研究考察了法律地位和文化变量（即文化适应、性别角色观念和宗教应对方式）对经历人际受害的拉丁裔女性寻求正式和非正式帮助的影响。该样本来自拉丁裔性侵犯调查（SALAS）研究，该研究调查了 2000 名自我认同的成年拉丁裔女性。在高密度拉丁裔社区采用的随机数字拨号方法导致合作率为 53.7%。经历过终身受害的女性（n=714）报告了针对在美国发生的最痛苦受害事件的寻求帮助的努力。大约三分之一的女性报告了正式寻求帮助，约 70%的女性报告了非正式寻求帮助。寻求帮助的反应通常不受所测量的文化因素的预测，除了一些例外。盎格鲁取向和消极的宗教应对方式增加了正式寻求帮助的可能性。积极的宗教应对方式、男性性别角色和盎格鲁文化适应增加了特定形式的非正式寻求帮助的可能性。拉丁裔取向降低了与兄弟姐妹交谈的可能性。总的来说，这些发现强调了双语文化能力服务的重要性，因为文化因素塑造了女性以正式或在其社交网络中对受害做出反应的方式。
